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Will mortgage costs go down in the UK?

The housing prices having fallen fourth month in a row suggests falling mortgage rates. There is also and increase in competition for providing the best rate since the cost of living, was declared a crisis. The rates are expected to hit approximately 4% in March. Currently, the average two-year fixed mortgage rate is 5.78 per cent, while the average five per cent is slightly lower at 5.61 per cent, according to the personal finance data firm Moneyfacts. Rates have decreased by 0.21 per cent since the same time last month. If it does not fall as quickly as expected then the

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Number of £5million-plus mortgages in UK goes up by two thirds:

 Figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) show the number of property sales with mortgage loan values of more than £5m leapt from 169 in 2020 to 279 last year – a 65% increase. It will be no surprise that the vast majority of this megabucks real estate is in and around London. Last year 220 mortgage loans of £5m-plus were secured on properties in Central and Greater London, compared with 49 in the other regions and 10 that were classified by the FCA as “unknown”. Property prices increased by around 10 per cent over the past two years, with the global health pande